Rasmussen's aneurysm: A forgotten scourge☆
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nikhil Meena; Brendon Colaco; Clinton Colaco; Kshitij Chatterjee; Michael Hellman
- Source
- Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Vol 16, Iss C, Pp 74-76 (2015)
- Subject
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
Rasmussen's aneurysm
Case Report
Computed tomographic
Aneurysm
medicine.artery
medicine
cardiovascular diseases
Glue embolization
lcsh:RC705-779
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Pulmonary tuberculosis
lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system
medicine.disease
Surgery
Pulmonary artery aneurysm embolization
Pulmonary artery
Angiography
cardiovascular system
Radiology
business
Complication
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2213-0071
Rasmussen's aneurysm is an inflammatory pseudo-aneurysmal dilatation of a branch of pulmonary artery adjacent to a tuberculous cavity. Life threatening massive hemoptysis from the rupture of a Rasmussen's aneurysm is an uncommon yet life threatening complication of cavitary tuberculosis (TB). We present a case of a young woman who presented with low-grade fever and hemoptysis. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography showed biapical cavitary lesions and actively bleeding aneurysms involving pulmonary artery, which successfully underwent glue embolization.